Participating IHOP Restaurants are offer a free short stack of pancakes on Feb. 5, 2013 in honor of National Pancake Day. (Credit: Handout)

Love pancakes? Today's the one day of the year you can fork into a steaming stack of pancake goodness for free: It's National Pancake Day! IHOP will be giving each guest a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes at its participating restaurants all over Long Island Tuesday. In exchange, the restaurant is asking customers to consider leaving a voluntary donation for children’s hospitals or other...